i'm so, so sorry. please try not to blame yourself. i know it's hard; my cat had a stroke last summer four days after her annual physical, and the vet had already called with her bloodwork results and said everything was great, so there's no reason to think anyone could have predicted it, but i still wanted to beat myself up for not noticing something or taking better care of her or whatever. but sometimes things really do go suddenly, terribly wrong, and no one could ever have known, and no one bears any blame. tilly clearly knew she was loved, and if you can take any comfort in it at all, as unfair and painful as the loss is, it sounds like she went very quickly and didn't suffer.

_________________"rise from the ashes of douchebaggery like a fancy vegan phoenix" - amandabear"I'm pretty sure the moral of this story is: fork pants." - cq

srock - the library doesn't have that one but i will look into it - thanks!

thank you everyone. she really was an amazing dog. we got the wooden box/urn with her ashes today and the vet's office made livi a lil box and personalized it for livi - i'll get pics up later - it's amazingly sweet.

_________________"T-shirts are not allowed in heaven, Karyn. They don't do casual Fridays." - Amandabear